Former USWNT star Becky Sauerbrunn announces retirement

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Longtime U.S. women's national team defender Becky Sauerbrunn announced her retirement from professional soccer over social media on Tuesday.

Sauerbrunn, 39, helped the Americans capture the World Cup on two occasions (2015, 2019) and win one Olympic gold medal (2012).

"I learned early on that we were all just renting our jerseys," Sauerbrunn said in a statement via US Soccer.